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In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Mike Pesca, and special guest Drew Magary discuss the demise of the workhorse running back in the NFL, competitive balance in the NBA, and the later-than-ever start of the World Series.

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In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss Rush Limbaugh's failed bid to become an NFL owner, the umpiring in the baseball playoffs, the first BCS standings, the nascent United Football League, and a statistical controversy surrounding NBA star Kevin Durant.

Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:

In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the baseball playoffs, the United States soccer team qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, NFL health care and Malcolm Gladwell's article linking the NFL and dogfighting, and the state of the WNBA.

In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss Brett Favre taking on the Packers, the start of the baseball playoffs, and whether table tennis will be the next big television sport.

Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show: